Green Rigg
Green Rigg is a 36 MW onshore wind farm in North East England, operated by EDF Energy. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Onshore
- North East
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 36 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- EDF Energy
- Region
- North East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- NE48 2EY
- Coordinates
- 55.1323, -2.1270
Location
Map position from the published coordinates. For small sites this can be an approximate point rather than the exact boundary. Map Β© OpenStreetMap contributors.
How Green Rigg compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 36 MW station would generate roughly 82 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 30,370 homes at 2,700 kWh each. This is an illustrative estimate, not the station's metered output: real generation varies with weather, availability and grid constraints.
Wind farms turn the kinetic energy of the wind into electricity with turbines. Output varies with wind speed. Offshore sites usually see stronger, steadier winds than onshore sites and so generate more per MW of capacity.
All UK wind farms Wind farms in North East All run by EDF EnergyNearby generating sites
- Ray Β· 54.4 MW onshore wind farm6.6 km
- Kirkheaton Β· 1.8 MW onshore wind farm10.1 km
- Kielder Β· 6 MW hydroelectric station22.8 km
- Wingates Β· 15 MW onshore wind farm26.3 km
- Kiln Pit Hill Β· 14 MW onshore wind farm30.6 km
- Boundary Lane Β· 6.15 MW onshore wind farm34.1 km
- Sisters Β· 8.2 MW onshore wind farm36.0 km
- North Steads Β· 18.5 MW onshore wind farm36.8 km
Also operated by EDF Energy
EDF Energy operates 48 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Hinkley Point C Β· nuclear power station3,260 MW
- West Burton A Power Station Β· coal-fired power station2,012 MW
- Cottam Power Station Β· coal-fired power station2,008 MW
- Heysham 2 Β· nuclear power station1,240 MW
- Torness Β· nuclear power station1,200 MW
- Sizewell B Β· nuclear power station1,198 MW
- Hartlepool Β· nuclear power station1,185 MW
- Heysham 1 Β· nuclear power station1,060 MW
Planning history
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), matched to this site by location, capacity and name.
- Planning status
- Operational
- Developer / operator
- EDF/China General Nuclear Power Corporation
- Planning authority
- Northumberland
- Planning reference
- 20060040
- Application submitted
- 12 January 2006
- Permission granted
- 26 March 2010
- Construction started
- 1 December 2011
- Began operating
- 28 November 2012
- Capacity in planning record
- 36 MW
- Address
- Near the A68 and Sweethope Lough, Northumberland
- REPD reference
- 4044
Source
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), table 5.11: power stations in the United Kingdom β operational at end of May 2025.
Capacity is installed capacity as published, not current output. Status reflects the source date, not live operation.
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Last checked by Octary: 15 July 2026
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